As I was riding from Cambridge by train
All along down along, out along lea
I saw all the people who worked to maintain
Two fitters one shunter, stone breaker, boiler maker

One railway examiner and all
Five drivers all stood by the wall

As I was travelling in my Cambridge carriage
All along down along, out along lea
I saw all the people who helped with my baggage
Four porters, three clerks and two guards and inspectors

A tubby controller and all
A signalman high in his stall
As I was walking through Romsey one day
Thoday and Sedgewick Streets, all I could see

Was dozens of houses where railwaymen stay
Two fitters one shunter, stone breaker, boiler maker
Four porters, three clerks and two guards and inspectors
One labourer, a strongman, coal porter, not song man